Rumble in the Bronx (1995) User Reviews

Incredibly cheesy, but never a dull moment

[MovieLuvaMatt · 7/10 · 28 January 2004]

Watch it for the great action, great stunts and hilarious comedy. You can attack this movie from many different levels. The acting ranges from bad to horrendous, and so is the dialogue and dubbing. But even things like that add to the film's comic elements. When you're not laughing with the film, you're laughing at it. If you're a fan of most of Jackie Chan's work, like I am, have fun! Plus, that Francoise Yip is really, really hot.

My score: 7 (out of 10)

The Streets of San Bronx

[thesar-2 · 8/10 · 6 September 2009]

I'd guess you'd have to call 'Rumble in the Bronx' an extreme example of a guilty pleasure. Though back in the 1990s, it was not my first introduction to Jackie Chan (the inferior 'Supercop' was) it was the one that got me hooked on his work. All the way through this viewing – the first in many years, the word "silly" kept popping up in my mind. It's dialogue, acting, stereotypes and shoddy cop work was so hilariously bad, I could only think this had to be written by someone who's only contact with the U.S.A. involves watching old 1970s cop hour-long dramas. And while some scenes were actually funny (SEE: the wrench threat) some were downright unintentionally funny (SEE: the toddler-toss and the entire closing on the golf course.) Leaving all that negative behind, it was an extreme joy watching Chan perform his own stunts in many, many inventive ways while simultaneously creating a very human and good-hearted character. The stunts were simply amazing and if one were to watch today for the first time, they need to know: he did them all himself, without a green screens, cables, etc. As arrogant as Chan is – I've read his biography, it's dripping with arrogance, he does have great gifts in originality, showmanship, pride in his work and making sure he never uses traditional American trickery/stunts. (This changes later in his work, when he was forced and got older, but this work and ones around it were all pure Chan.) Synopsis: Good-natured nephew Chan visits NYC and gets thrown in extraordinary circumstances: fighting both gangs and mob bosses while helping 2 women, his Uncle and a handicapped child. All that's irrelevant; what matters is once the action starts, it never lets up. And with an open-mind, what a fun rumble you'll have.

Side Note: Wow.. not only was it painful for all the actors to get hurt during production (not to mention the roughly 16 dozen vehicles) it was also gut wrenching to watch the closing credits that showed mostly the unintentional crashes, broken bones, etc. You really have to hand it to the devotion of the crew, cast and Chan. Definitely Chan. My comments about his arrogance does not mean I don't admire the man, especially his extremely poor and underprivileged beginnings to the entertainer he became. He's one of the very few actors/action stars that no matter how incredibly silly his movies look to me – it has to be a culture thing, it's always a rush to see how long his fight scenes last, how inventive he becomes and simply how exciting they are.

Early Jackie Chan American adventure is still one of his best and most entertaining ones.

[Boba_Fett1138 · 7/10 · 19 July 2008]

This is basically the movie that introduced Jackie Chan to Hollywood and the world to Jackie Chan. It brought the crazy and amazing action and fight sequences from Chan's into the western world of film-making. It makes this movie something fresh and unique, or at least for its time it was. I remember first seeing this movie in the mid-'90's, just before the time it was released as a rental movie. My brother was working in a video-store and had to take a few new video's home with him in order to decide whether or not the video-store should buy this movie for rental purposes. In those days this movie was really something fun and spectacular to watch and shortly afterward Jackie Chan also became a real big and popular movie-star. Way more popular and appreciated as he is now days.

What really makes this movie is its action. It's never anything too big, also since the movie is made obviously with a fairly low budget but it's very entertaining and amazing at the same time. Amazing, since obviously no harnesses or cables were used for the fight sequences and stunts. It also resulted in lots of broken bones and other injuries during the production but the end result for the movie is really something great and spectacular looking and is brought very entertainingly by Jackie Chan and director Stanley Tong, who both directed the action sequences together. You should see this movie just purely for its entertaining action, since everything else about the movie is actually quite bad to be honest. It might very well be the Jackie Chan movie with the very best action in it.

The movie is a very entertaining one to watch that gets better as it progresses. It's as if the in the first halve tried to be too serious with its approach but in the second halve the gloves are off and the movie becomes truly ridiculously over-the-top and fun at the same time. The best example of this is perhaps the finale sequence in which Chan and his happy friends get the main bad guy with an hovercraft. It's a totally pointless and completely ridicules and also short, rushed done sequence but because of that it at the same time works out very hilarious. I'm still looking for a movie with a better use of the hovercraft than this one!

It's hard to really judge the acting in the movie, since all of the actors were dubbed, even the American actors. This gives the movie an even more ridicules feeling and also makes the acting seem as something completely horrible and over-the-top.

The movie its story often makes lots of crazy jumps and it perhaps even feel as two totally different scripts that were blend in with each other, with as a result that not everything always makes a whole lot of sense and continuity and character treatments are messy. It perhaps almost seems as if the story was mainly purely there to let the movie feature as many and crazy stunts and fight sequences as possible.

The movie is most of the time looking and definitely feeling as a B-movie but in a good way. It's made as an entertaining movie and at entertaining this movie does simply not fail.

As long as you don't pay any attention to the story or logical and it's acting or anything else like it, you'll simply enjoy this movie for the entertainment that it brings, with mainly it's over-the-top but absolutely amazing action sequences.

7/10

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Hollywood bound

[GarritSherova · 13 January 2004]

Jackie Chan had never had a box office hit in America despite starring in Hollywood films such as 'Battle Creek Brawl' and 'The Protector' in the 1980s. 'Rumble in the Bronx' was a Hong Kong made film, but they wanted it to have international appeal and achieved this through its New York setting and American background characters. The film intended to introduce Jackie Chan to the West, and that's exactly what it did - but they didn't expect it to be a number one box office hit.

The story involves Keung (Jackie Chan) coming over to America to visit his Uncle who owns a grocery store in the Bronx. Soon enough a biker gang turns up and causes havoc at the store, so it's up to Keung to fend off the bad guys, uncover police corruption, and generally save the day in style.

This is a high energy film and the pace never lets up, there isn't one big set piece in this film there are many big set pieces, but the most impressive stunt has to be the one where Jackie jumps from the top of a multi-storey car park onto a small balcony across the road. The multiple camera set up shows us that there is no safety netting or use of wires - just Jackie entrusting his own life in his own abilities.

Naturally there are countless fight scenes where Jackie shows us his own brand of kung fu comedy, including the process of making inanimate objects become very animated indeed. Only he can turn pinball machines, trolleys and fridge doors into weapons! The only slight criticism I would have is that the fights are over edited, people like Jean Claude Van-Damme and Steven Segal might need a lot of cuts to put a fight scene together, but Jackie doesn't - he's an expert choreographer, and the cuts are needless. I'm not saying that the fight sequences are under par, because they're not, they are still very impressive - especially to people who haven't seen the man in action.

When the American audiences saw 'Rumble in the Bronx', they saw the real Jackie Chan not the shadow of a man struggling to gain artistic input under a Hollywood studios control. They were wowed by the death-defying stunts, frenetic fight sequences, and the sheer energy of the film from start to finish got word-of-mouth working overtime.

'Rumble in the Bronx' was the surprise box office hit of 1996, it made the West sit up and take notice of an exceptional talent they had long overlooked. The next time Jackie Chan would star in a Hollywood film he would be given the respect he had always deserved - and another box office hit.

Jackie cracks the west

[ed_two_o_nine · 7/10 · 8 February 2009]

Well here we go once again with the undisputed king of action comedy. The one and only Jackie Chan. While this is nowhere near Chan's best movie we can be grateful for the fact that this is the film that finally gave Chan his much deserved break in the USA. This is the story on Chan's character Keung who comes to the Bronx for his uncle's wedding and ends up caught up in a series of events that involve biker gangs, and diamond robbers. But really none of this matters this is just an excuse for Jackie to show of his amazing action skills (in the fight scenes which he also choreographed), and this he does to his usual amazing standards. There seems to be more edits in the fight scenes that is normal for Jackie but I suspect this might be down to one of two things. One making the film more palatable for a western audience. Or two that Jackie broke his ankle in the filming of this movie. Still tell me the last time you saw a western movie star leap from a roof on to the fire escape of the next building!!! Truly amazing stuff. On the down side the western characters and acting are very wooden but hey just enjoy Chan and hopefully then go seek out his Hong Kong movies.

Silly but entertaining.

[aramo1 · 6/10 · 14 October 2002]

Based on R1 DVD 90 min.

If your looking for a deep, or even knee length, plot then look elsewhere - Rumble in the Bronx is all about the amazing Chan. If your 15- to 40+ this man should inspire.

6/10 worth watching for the physical stunts.

Sometimes a bit silly but always very entertaining.

[Pjtaylor-96-138044 · 7/10 · 26 February 2018]

There are some moments in 'Rumble In The Bronx (1995)' where the dub causes unintentional hilarity ("my cushion") and occasional times when the silliness of the tone doesn't quite match up with the intentions of the plot, but for the most part this is a fun and fantastically well-choreographed action-adventure staring cinema's greatest stunt-man-come-actor. It finds that superb middle-ground between fight and dance and, as such, is a feast for the eyes in a ballet of brutality that favours the spectacle of motion far more than the violence of battle, even though there are segments of proper grisliness here and there, which adds up to a piece that's incredibly entertaining and impressive to boot. 7/10

Funny and spectacular Jackie Chan movie in his first American super hit with highlights provided by a hovercraft

[ma-cortes · 6/10 · 7 April 2013]

Amusing and entertaining Chan film in which he demonstrates his sensational skills as a great action man . It deals with a young man named Keong (Jackie Chan) visiting and helping his uncle in New York City finds himself forced to fight a street gang and the mob with his martial art abilities . His uncle has a local Chinese supermarket, which he owns and is in the process of selling to Elaine (Anita Mui). Later on , Keong befriends a neighbor kid and his sister (Francois Yip) and beats up some neighborhood thugs .

Hong Kong/US/Canada action comedy full of over-the-top struggles , excitement , thrills , ingenious stunts , slapstick , lots of brawls but with abundant humor and tongue-in-cheek . This fun movie is plenty of intrigue , unstopped action , and overwhelming stunt-work with breathtaking ending images including a hovercraft . Jackie Chan is top notch as one army man fighting a group of heinous villains and as always he makes his own stunts like is well showed at the final credits . Awesome , incredible stunts and brief comic touches , as usual ; the picture is better constructed than Chan's predecessors films . The lighting-paced storyline slows down at times , but frantic action sequences make up for it . Spotlights movie include spectacular fights , including bounds and leaps , impressive and interminable struggles , an impressive final struggle between Jackie Chan and enemies . The warehouse fight scene took twenty days to film, with Chan having to teach the local stunt players to fight "Hong Kong style". In addition other fine action sequences in overwhelming and extraordinary style . The script called for a leap from the top of a parking lot to a fire escape on the floor below on the building across the street , as is his custom, director Stanley Tong attempted the stunt before asking any actors to do so. He tried it with the help of a cable harness, but quickly decided it would be safer without the harness. The landing point was not visible from the point where the jump began, so tape was placed on the take-off point as a guide ,the jump was completed perfectly by 'Chan, Jackie' on the first attempt, doing his own stunts as is his custom . The jump was captured by four cameras.

This is an acceptable action movie distinguished by nicely cinematography of the spectacular sequences , and contains agreeable sense of humor as well as previous entries . Jackie Chan usually forms couple to notorious actresses as Maggie Chung and Michelle Yeoh . In this outing Jackie teams up to gorgeous Francoise Yip (who broke her leg while filming the scene where she rides a motorbike across the tops of parked cars , she insisted on returning to the set after her leg was plastered at hospital) and prestigious Chinese actress Anita Mui , a fine action star in their own right but sadly she early died by cancer . Both of them starred together several films such as ¨Mr Canton and Lady Rose¨ and ¨Legend of the drunken master¨ . Filming in Vancouver, Canada on October 6th, 1994, Chan broke his right ankle while attempting the scene where he jumps onto the hovercraft. Despite the injury, he was present at the premiere of ¨The legend of the drunken fighter¨ at the Vancouver International Film Festival that night. Later in the production, Tong sprained his ankle, completing the film on crutches . Two stunt women also broke their legs during the filming of the motorcycle chase.

The picture achieved big success in China , USA and all around the world . However , Jackie Chan's failed at Box-office in his American debut ,¨Battle creek brawl¨ . Chan is a hard-working actor and director throughout his long and varied career . Chan usually pays overt homage to two of his greatest influences as Charles Chaplin and Harold Lloyd . He went on playing ¨Cannoball¨ , ¨The protector¨ and "Rumble in the Bronx", until getting all American success with ¨Shangai Knights¨ , ¨The tuxedo¨ , ¨Around the world in 80 days¨ and ¨Rush hour¨ trilogy , and the recent ¨Karate kid¨. Of course , his biggest hits were ¨The Police story¨ series that won the Golden Horse Award, a Chinese version of the Oscar , the first was titled ¨Police story (1985)¨ directed by the same Chan , it was a perfect action film for enthusiastic of the genre ; the following was ¨Police story 2 (1988)¨ also pretty violent and with abundant humor touches . It's followed by ¨Supercop¨ or ¨Police story 3¨ and finally , ¨Police story IV : Crime story¨ . The picture is well produced by the great Asian producer Raymond Chow and Golden Harvest production and compellingly directed by Stanley Tong and helped by Jackie Chan . Rating : Acceptable and passable , the picture has its sensational moments here and there , but also with abundant humor touches mostly provided by its agile star , the super Jackie stunningly accompanied by Anita Mui and Francois Yip . It's a perfect action film for enthusiasts of the genre and especially for Jackie fans .

Are you ready to Rumble? I'm sure am! This movie is action pack!

[ironhorse_iv · 7/10 · 29 September 2014]

Rumble in the Bronx is a pretty fun Hong Kong martial arts action comedy. Directed by Stanley Tong, the movie is about Ma Hon Keung (Jackie Chan), a Hong Kong native whom comes to New York to help his Uncle (Bill Tung) sell his supermarket business to new owner, Elaine (Anita Mui). While, helping out, Keung found himself in a rivalry with the local street gang, leaded by Tony (Marc Akerstream) that leaded to a series of street brawls. Before the plot could get tiresome. The plot takes a left turn by having one of the member of the street gang, Angelo (Garvin Cross) gets involved in an illegal diamond deal gone bad forcing the small-time gangsters and Keung to team up against the much larger and more effective criminal syndicate led by White Tiger (Kris Lord). I have mixed feelings about how the plot turn into another diamond heist movie. The first part of the movie really fits the title card. The second part, remind me of another movie series starring Jackie Chan, the Police Stories franchise. I was just really disappointment that the gang and Keung would end up, being friendly with each other, after nearly killing each other in the first half. After all, Tony nearly kill Keung with broken glass. Even today, that scene alone, is pretty damn brutal. The action scenes are really awesome to watch. Jackie Chan is famous for always doing his own stunts and you see his best, here. Great fight choreography, it really look like they honestly hit each other hard. Great use of normal household props. I always think that Jackie Chan is the best of irregular weapons. It was fun, watching him beat people up with skis, shopping carts, and other materials. I love the big building to building jump. I just wish, they didn't show the same shot, three times through four different cameras angles. It just took me out of the film. The hovercraft scenes were crazy to watch. Can't believe that, Jackie Chan was hurt the whole time and wearing a cast. Jackie Chan's right foot lands at a bad angle after jumping onto the hovercraft in the first scene, causing a serious injury that would not heal for the remainder of filming. The shot still made it into the finished movie. Like most Jackie Chan movies, the outtakes show how dangerous these stunts were. The lead actress and several stunt doubles were also injured during the shooting of a motorcycle stunt, with several people suffering broken limbs and ankles. The movie wasn't all action. It did have some funny moments that hit the funny bone for me. I love the two way mirror gag. Jackie Chan's high spirits and infectious personality made the movie character likable and not bland. You can tell that Jackie Chan was indeed, having fun, making the movie. I have to say, the supporting cast were pretty good. Francise Yip as Nancy was very attractive and had some kickass moments. I love the scene where she's dancing in bra & panties lingerie in a tiger cage. She had more depth than most martial artist movies, female leads. I don't know why Anita Mui was in the film, but her premise didn't hurt the film. Still, her character could had been cut from the film. Morgan Lam as Danny is questionable. I didn't hate his performance, but he was really given some awful lines to say. I also found it, funny that the filmmakers had his character play a video game console without a game in it. Add that to the blooper reel with the baby dummy. I do like how much work, they put in, to make the movie seem like it was set in the Bronx, even if in reality, the movie was filmed in Vancouver, B.C. Most scenes, it does look like it could be set in New York City, but in other scenes, the whole mountains and beach fronts are clear giveaways that it isn't. The gang doesn't look realistic as well. In reality, all those people of different races wouldn't be in the same gang. Most of them look like badly dress 1990s pirates. Another odd thing about the movie is the English dubbing. The original spoken dialog consisted of all of the actors speaking their native language most of the time. In the completely undubbed soundtrack, Jackie Chan actually speaks his native Cantonese while Françoise Yip and Morgan Lam speak English. All of the original dialog was intended to be dubbed over in the international and Hong Kong film markets, and New Line cinema overdubbed and slightly changed the original English dialog. While, the English version is workable; it's a bit off-keyed. The US version does have a few differs than the Hong Kong version as 17 minutes of scenes were cut. Most of them were add on scenes of already establish shots. There were a few entire scenes cut that help explain why Keung was often attack by the street gang. The English version also replaced the song that Jackie Chan had over the closing credits with the song "Kung Fu" by the band Ash, the lyrics of which mention Jackie Chan, as well as other Asian figures and characters ubiquitous in the west. Overall: The movie was very successful, and help bring its star, Jackie Chan into the American mainstream. It's a must watch for any Martial Artist action movie fan.

My introduction to Jackie Chan.

[lee_eisenberg · 10/10 · 2 January 2006]

Before I'd seen "Rumble in the Bronx", I'd heard of Jackie Chan but never seen any of his movies. Well, when I saw this, I practically died laughing. Basically an hour and a half of him bonking people in every direction, the movie is physical humor at its best. The plot has Hong Kong cop Keung (Chan) coming to New York for his uncle's wedding and having to battle street gangs and a crime syndicate. By battle, I of course mean pulling every crazy stunt imaginable. I really liked the early scene in the store, and then the whole hovercraft sequence.

I gotta ask: how did we get by before these kinds of movies? There was once a time when movies all followed the Disney formula, and Jackie Chan-style plots were unfathomable. Thank God for Bruce Lee! As it is, Jackie Chan often seems to be spoofing Bruce Lee. Hilarious.

Impressive Stunt Work

[ThomasColquith · 7/10 · 4 January 2022]

"Rumble in the Bronx" is one of Jackie Chan's better movies; it features impressive stunt work and nicely choreographed fight sequences. This is a true 'R' rated picture as it is full of violence which could be seen as a negative. The villains are a now somewhat silly and dated 90's punk gang. But the film is the right length -- not too long and has near constant action. If the human aspects of the story were developed a little more it would have been even better. As it stands now though it is still one of the better action films out there and worthy of watching just to see the ambitious stunt work. I rate it a 7/10.

Jackie Chan - Hero

[winner55 · 9/10 · 30 October 2006]

I've read reviews from a number of people who were fans of Jackie Chan before he was well known in the west, that express disappointment that Rumble in the Bronx is the film that finally made Chan a household name in America, because they feel the film is quite a come-down from the "Police Story" films that formed the main link between Chan and his past before making this film.

I must strongly disagree. Yes - the Anglo actors aren't very good; the plot is silly at times; the dialog is weak, some of the characters are unbelievable.

But there's seems no question that the stunt-work is excellent, and the fight scenes are excellent - these really form the reason for making the film in the first place.

Furthermore, I think that, of all the protagonists he's played, Chan's character here is the closest to being a true hero of the highest caliber - incorruptible, unstoppable, compassionate, smart - if all our heroes were like this, this would be a different world; if we were all like this, it would be heaven.

And I'm not getting all that ironic here - I sincerely mean that Chan returns a kind of virtuous character to the silver screen, that hasn't been seen for a very long time.

Consequently, despite occasional violence, I would not stop children from seeing this film - I would encourage them to do so. They can learn a lot about ethics and character from watching this film - and that is actually quite remarkable, to be able to say that of a Martial Arts film.

Quite the great film

[Quinoa1984 · 7/10 · 16 September 2000]

Despite a not perfect script and ridiculous location set (isn't it weird how much Bronx looks like Vancouver, literally), the film gets an incredible boost from Jackie Chan. Chan makes his big U.S. debut here (it opened in 1996 to packed theaters) in extraordinary kung fu moves that make him the next generation Bruce Lee. Chan is so amazing here, that he did most of the film with a broken leg (from falling 50 ft. from building to building) and still did his own dangerous yet incredible stunts. Wow. One of the best action films to come around in a long, long time, despite a couple of flaws. A

Good action scenes but everything else is monumentally bad

[grantss · 3/10 · 13 June 2020]

Keung from Hong Kong visits his uncle in New York. He soon makes enemies of a neighbourhood gang and then gets embroiled in a diamond deal gone wrong.

Being a Jackie Chan movie you know this is just going to be mindless action, and that's pretty much what it is. Citizen Kane this most definitely is not. However, this movie takes concentrating on the action and skimping on everything else to new levels.

Plot is pretty basic. Dialogue is laughable and the performances even worse - together they make for an excruciating film. But wait, it gets worse. Director Stanley Tong then dubs voices over the dialogue, resulting in lips and sounds doing different things and making for a ridiculously z-grade production. (Not sure why the overdubs were necessary, as many of the actors speak English fluently, so not like it was a language problem thing).

The action scenes are pretty good though and are the only things that make the movie remotely watchable. Well, those, and Françoise Yip.

Great introduction to Chan's work

[Castor-5 · 13 August 2000]

This was the first film I saw of Jackie's (first one released in the US that I can remember despite The Protector and The Big Brawl in the 80s) and I have to say it's a great introduction to Chan's work. The fighting is great and well shot while the stunts are amazing. The humor (a Jackie trademark) is also hilarious. People from the US really don't know what a good martial arts film is. Some have grown up with Bruce Lee and it's appreciated but many of them are constantly renting Van Damme and Steven Segal films (working at a video store, I see it all the time). Seeing someone who really is impressive at martial arts, dosen't need fast cuts and choppy editing, and does his own stunts puts all the Van Damme's and Segal's to shame. Take the warehouse fight for example and compare it to any American martial arts film and you will see the difference.

For those who haven't seen this film yet and love martial arts films - rent this movie. For those who have seen it and want to see more Jackie - I recommend Drunken Master I and II (II is very hard to find in the US), The Young Master (great final fight), Who Am I? (unbelieveable stunts), Police Story I, II, and III (all around Jackie Chan films, III is known in the US as just Supercop), Operation Condor (tons of martial arts), and Project A I and II (II is another hard to find one in the US). You may also want to check out Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon - they aren't as good as the ones listed above but they are entertaining and Jackie Chan films nonetheless. As for Rumble In The Bronx, make it your first Chan film.

I Hate The Cushion!

[DavyDissonance · 7/10 · 24 October 2019]

Jackie Chan goes to The Bronx to visit his uncle and ends up in a war with practically everyone. I enjoyed Rumble In The Bronx. I liked it's urban look and it's Canadian scenery. Huh? And, of course, who can resist Jackie Chan style action with stupid @$$ people willing to commit suicide just to make a movie; unknowing as to whether it will end up being good or not? (shakes head) Unfortunately, it has a very annoying flaw. The acting is just $#!+ filled dreck. Every character in this movie was just exasperating to a tee with their overacting and their peckerwood characteristics. But the "most annoying f···er" award goes to the handicapped brat. "Keon, you're number one." "Waaaaah, my cushion." Shut up you little f···er! There is goodness to all this: the gangsters do beat the crap out of this punk and rip his cushion to make him cry. Although I would have liked it better if they grabbed him by his legs and threw him into a wall and killed him. In the end, I did like this movie enough for the action and it's supposed New York cinematography. Mountains in the Bronx. Yippy!

Nothing more than a perfectly satisfying Jackie Chan action movie

[Leofwine_draca · 7/10 · 4 November 2016]

Typical mid '90s Jackie Chan production, relocated to America to coincide with the first US cinema release for a Chan movie. The fairly basic plot sees newcomer Chan struggling with the culture gap between the US and China and also falling foul of a roving street gang, who ride the streets in buggies and dress like they're extras in MAD MAX 2. Things become more serious when a local mafia deal goes wrong and Chan accidentally finds himself in possession of some priceless stolen diamonds which the mafia want to get back at all costs. Eventually Chan must team up with the street gang, his former enemies, to combat the deadly serious foe. Yep, basically the same old story.

The plot is simplistic in the extreme and doesn't need to be anything else. As is usual for a Jackie Chan film, the movie is littered with comedy, some of which works and some of which is a bit silly. But what counts is the action, and the fight scenes here are up there with the best of Chan. The best action comes when Chan fights members of the street gang and uses multiple props to defend himself; my favourite fight occurs in their base where he fights with fridges, tables, trolleys and the like. Chan is on top form with his super-fast martial arts skills and the action comes thick and furious just like in the old days. The finale involves a ludicrous speedboat chase through the streets of New York which makes for some fine spectacle, although I was kind of hoping Chan would get to fight some of those huge mafia guys but alas they are captured all too quickly.

The acting is nothing special but perfectly serviceable where it counts. Chan himself is fine in the part but it can hardly be called a stretch for the actor, basically he just plays himself again, an innocent fighting for the cause of good. Chan here surrounds himself with some able Chinese beauties including the sweet Anita Mui and the feisty Francoise Yip, a Cat III star back in Hong Kong. The bad guys strive to be threatening but - despite speaking English - their dubbed voices don't really work all that well. Look out for a welcome cameo from Bill Tung, one of Chan's oldest co-stars. Director Stanley Tong once again invests his movie with plenty of dynamism and exciting situations, making this a solid feature from Chan. While it doesn't rank as one of his best there are no major errors with this movie and fans will be perfectly satisfied, as I was.

not bad at all

[talllwoood13 · 7/10 · 27 January 2022]

I was not expecting this movie to be as good as it was. I love the comedic elements to it that keep this from being dull and there's plenty of over the top stuff such as the legendary hovercraft, the bikes driving over the cars and that infamous jump that Jackie does from the parking garage to the window.

There was a few big fight scenes but they were placed very well in the movie in spots many other movies would have been dull spots.

The acting (and voice overs) were for the most part atrocious. The little paralyzed boy playing the game gear with no game in it and wanting Jackie to date his surprisingly pretty sister. The street gang where that guy with blonde hair is so over the top but he works for the most part.

The street gang how jackie is one minute running from them and another minute becoming a wood chipper and after beating them up twice all of a sudden they are friends? Not in a million years but at least it isn't the street gangs today who would have handled the situation much more different if 10 of them can't beat one person up.

I would totally watch this again, it's right up there with "showdown in little tokyo"

Jackie Chan delivers

[mjuice · 7/10 · 16 March 1999]

Jackie Chan *always* delivers pretty well at least. The fact of the matter is, since he always does his own stunts, and he does so much of the choreography for his movies, they're always worth a good look if you like the genre.

Truth be told, when Jackie is fighting with the gang, the scenes are incredible. However, when he's fighting the real criminals, it's just not Jackie Chan's arena. Don't get me wrong, he's not bad with guns and cars, but he's nowhere near as good with them as he is in hand-to-hand combat.

And by the way, the ending is superbly silly. The big fight at the end deals with a Hovercraft, which is a unique concept, but the very end is... well, it almost ruined the whole thing for me, to be honest.

Of course, it's classic Silly Chan.

Rumble in British Columbia

[argimlumani · 6/10 · 15 February 2020]

First things first for you parents dont let you're kids watch this i like many 90s kids first watched this when it came out it contains 2 violent scenes one where Jackie gets nearly bottled to death and another scene that to me was scarier than most horror films where the bad guys put 2 gang memebers in a woodchipper now with that said rumble in the Bronx is a 1995 film set in Canada where Jackie chan has to battle the most diverse street gang in film history they have black members Chinese Latino and the leader of the gang is Adam sandler so its a diverse group but in all reality if this film was made in New York with a real black street gang they would of taken their guns out and shot Jackie the length would of been considerably shorter as well

Undeniable humorous action sequences

[isaaccobrien · 9/10 · 19 June 2020]

I watched this for the first time as a teenager. Everyone in my family said it was silly but, lots of good fights. I enjoyed it. I honestly think that if you wanted to get into Jackie Chan, this is where you should start.

Welcome to America (again), Jackie Chan!

[a_chinn · 7/10 · 2 October 2017]

After several unsuccessful attempts to introduce Jackie Chan to American audiences (i.e. "Battle Creek Brawl, "Cannonball Run," "The Protector"), this is the one that finally made him a name in the United States. What made this one work compared to those earlier attempts is that this was a Hong Kong production where Jackie had creative control, which allowed him to do what he does best; mixing martial arts, comedy, and jaw-dropping stunts. It probably also helped that the film was set in New York City with a largely Anglo cast, though the movie was clearly filmed elsewhere given the mountainous Vancouver, BC rockies surrounding this imaginary NYC. The story revolves around Jackie coming to town and helping protect a shopkeeper from neighborhood thugs. It's basically "Death Wish 3" but with Jackie Chan. The fight sequences are amazing, the humor is funny, and the stunt work is amazing (including Jackie jumping between buildings without a harness, Jackie riding a motorcycle over the top of parked cars,, and Jackie being run over by a hovercraft!). The story and characters are all pretty paper thin, but Jackie is spectacular!

There IS a rumble, in the Bronx that is!

[GOWBTW · 9/10 · 7 April 2005]

This movie is spectacular. Jackie Chan going to the Bronx. And man, it's a zoo out there. HAHAHAHAHA!!! His uncle runs a store along with Elaine(Anita Mui,1963-2003) who seems to be a lit bit edgy with Keung(J.C.). Uncle Bill(Bill Tung) shows Keung his new aunt-in-law. Who happens to be Afro-American, who Keung happens to be in such shock, but not uptight about it. Seems like he'll get along with her quite well. Though she was shameless when using the bathroom when the tougher baddies tore the store down. The fight scenes are completely unforgettable, and Keung and the gangs ended working together when one of the gangs was brutally murdered by a tougher group other than themselves. The second best scene was the hovercraft vs. Chan vs. a Lamborgini. The Laborgini may have lost their doors, but the sword laced auto took out that hovercraft easily. The water ski scene was awesome. And in my opinion Chan should try out pro one day. Though Chan is wild and cool, he knows how to have fun here in the U.S.A. Rating 4 out of 5 stars.

Diving off the roof....Chan's done it all

[KHayes666 · 6/10 · 17 May 2005]

Twin Dragons was probably his best dubbed film but this certainly ranks up there. Since it was dubbed no one can really comment on the dialogue delivered by the actors. The overall plot of how Chan goes through street gangs, mob bosses, etc just to raise a supermarket is decent but how do you jump off a roof and land perfect without a mark? Its not the most unrealistic movie ever (Crouching Tiger) but still, some of the stuns pulled off is nearly impossible to pull off. Unrealistic sometimes but its a decent action movie anyway.

The best scene was probably when Jackie has to ward off the street punks in the market using all available props to his advantage. Who hasn't always wanted to slam someone using a refrigerator door?

6 out of 10

ridiculous American biker gang ruins movie

[SnoopyStyle · 4/10 · 7 September 2015]

Keong (Jackie Chan) from Hong Kong attends his uncle Bill's wedding in NYC. Keong works at Bill's market while he's away on his honeymoon. Keong befriends wheelchair bound local kid Danny. Bill plans to sell the market to Elaine and retire. The neighborhood is overrunned by motorcycle gangs. Keong ends up interfering with them stopping Nancy from ruining uncle Bill's expensive borrowed car. Keong defends the store against the gang. It turns out that Nancy is Danny's sister.

There are basically no professional American actors. These are very very broad characters played by stuntmen. I love Jackie Chan as a comedic action star. There are some amazing stunts. However the ridiculous villainous gang ruins this for me. It's not simply that I can't take them seriously. I can't take them at all.